Sunday in the Rio Parks with Luisa

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This three week trip to Brazil seemed like a better idea last winter, before we confronted the practical reality of such a diverse country, and tried to learn Portugese. We would start in Rio with the family of our AFS exchange student, who we had never met. We would share a wilderness experience, canoeing in either the Amazon or Pantanal areas. But after a cancelled international flight and two unexpected overnights in suburban Virginia and Sao Paulo, we were face to face with overwhelmingly friendly strangers who suggested we join them for a typical, though unseasonably cool and drizzly, Sunday afternoon at various Rio parks. It was wonderful.

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Photos

ever present Cristo Redentor
everywhere you look in Rio he seems to be there

street art
creative street art that in DC would be considered graffiti

family time
everyone but Bruno, the dad, at Lago de Freiras

Ipanema beach
almost never empty, especially on Sunday

why a penquin
why not? more street art, this one near the Jardim Botanico